From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Best found at
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Totem Park +
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Class
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Malacostraca +
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Common name is
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Rock Louse +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Ligiidae +
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Found at
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Peisar island +
, Parker group +
, John Brown's Beach +
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Genus
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Ligia +
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Is Documented by MRG
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Sitka +
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NeedBetterPhoto
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false +
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Order
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Isopoda +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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Phylum
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Arthropoda +
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Scientific name is
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Ligia pallasii +
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SpecificEpithet
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pallasii +
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Summary
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Feeds largely on decaying organic matter i … Feeds largely on decaying organic matter in the high intertidal. It cannot breathe underwater.
Mature females are much broader than the males, thanks to their wide, flaring plates. They are about 50% as long as they are wide, whereas males and immatures are twice as long as they are wide.
''Ligia Pallasi'' is probably the only local species in the genus. ''L. occidentalis'' is rarely found north of California.
Other, much smaller intertidal isopods to looks for are [[Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis|Oregon pillbug (''Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis'')]], and the (known from Oregon) New Zealand isopod, or burrowing Australasian isopod, ''[[Sphaeroma quoyanum]]'', which burrows into the shoreline, styrofoam, and other substrates.horeline, styrofoam, and other substrates. +
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Synonyms include
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Ligia pallasi +
, Ligyda pallasi +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
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Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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30 August 2014 05:56:30 +
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Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
, Ligia pallasii +
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